Apparatus for warming and cleaning artificial pools



July 11, 1933. v s. E. TEST 1,917,514

APPARATUS FOR WARMING AND CLEANING ARTIFICIAL POOLS Filed Dec. 5, 1931 l4 v 3 t i (/7 INVENTOR. /Z .5/0455 5 7 7.

ATTORNEY-7- der a pool ofythe character set forth clean drains are definitely placed or arranged and] Patented July 11, 1933 A; I j v i I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I SKILES E. 'rns'r, or INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA I APP RATUS FOR WARMING Ann oLEANiNG ARTIFICIAL POOLS Application filed December 5, 1931. Serial No. 579,265.

This invention relates to a process of and which forms one side of a channel having apparatus for warming and cleaning an artithe opposite wall 16. The bottom of the ficial swimming pool and the like. channelis indicated at 17 and the bottom of the The chief obj ect of this invention is to renchannel leads to suitable drains 18. These and comfortable by the provision of suitable areal: the lowerst'points of the channel. All means so that a minimum flow of water is of thedrains are connected by pipes 15) to required to secure such cleanliness and coma sump 20 and the level of the water in the fortableness. sump is indicated at 21. It may be any de- The chief feature of the invention consists sired level. All of the debris carried "over in the formation of a peripherally envelopfrom the pool into the channel collect n ing, or substantially peripherially envelopthe sump and access is had thereto f: in the ing, channel adjacent the pool and into which top by removing cover 22so that aid surface the surface water and surface debris is disdebris may be readily removed from the charged automatically by the wind passing sump. A suitable screen 23 or other equine over the surface of the pool when not occu lent separator, may be employed to permit pied or by the rise in levelof the pool 01' the water which has carried the dbris to the motion of the surface water in the pool due sump topass through the sump'and to a filter to the presence of a person, or persons. therc- 2 1. Herein a pump 25 is interposed between 719 in. The water which flows from the pool the sump and the filter. However, the sump 3O 25 from the POOL This surface water lS \v'iiilli due to evaporation andthe like resultingn into the draining channelis discharged'into may discharge. by gravity to the liltcr. if a sump which collects such surface debris, desired. Y r i and separates the same from the water that Th filt al i l d s f h waferzsup has been the vehicle for removing the same pl li 26, Thi jg f m k Purposes, 76 and it is supplied to the bottom of the pool logs of t r i 'th L Th filt i l d near the center thereof, so that it will pass the discharge27 which supplies a header 28, upwardlythrough the pool contents and serve in turn connected to a plurality of conduits to warm the bottom of the pool, thereby ren- 29, each of which discharges as at 30 along dering the pool more comfortable and ata the longitudinal center of the bottom of the more uniform temperature throughout the pool and adjacent the central portion thereof. various water levels thereof. A plurality of said outlets or discharges in- The full nature of the invention will be sures a longitudinal distribution of the water understood from the accompanying drawing; which has passed through the filter. and'the following description and claims It will be apparent that when. the ]3-81l 1)l1- In the drawing, Fig.1 is a vertical longieral edge 14, constituting the partition betudinal sectional view of an artificial pool tween the pool and the channel, is periphof rectangular outline with the'apparatus dierally level, that no matter which way the anietrically associated therewith. I wind blows, the water. will follow the wind V Fig. 2- is a t'op plan View of the pool. and carry with it the surface debris. The D In the drawing, 10indicates'the'end walls wind will move this surface water andthe of an artificial-swimming pool of rectangular water passing, over this line division will i cross section, 11 the side walls and 12 the gradually clear the surfaceof'the pool. The bottom which preferably is inclined so as to inclination of the approach to the line divia providedifi'erent depths of waterinthe pool. sion isimportant and materially facilitates 5 although the bottom may be level if desired. or assists in the discharge ofthe dbrisfrom' Each of the walls has an outwardly and upthe pool. wardly inclined surface 13 terminating in a Since the surface water is that which is level line division 14. Extending outwardly discharged, it will be evident that this water, anddownwardlytherefromisan inclined wall which is the warmest, would result in the which will usually be cold.

If the pump'is not in usefor example, when the pool is not in use-the automatic action of the wind in cleaning the surface of the pool will cease after thewater decreases to certain level in the pool with reference to the wind velocity, and no further cleaning action will occur. The pump is usually in operation at all times while the pool is in use. This is to insure a full pool and constant cleaning.

Inasmuch as considerable surface dbris collects around the pool and is tracked into the same, there is provided around the pool a walk 30 and herein the same is inclined as illustrated and discharges to the drainage channel, the face 16 thereof serving thesame purpose for thisv drainage as the face 15 serves for the pool drainage. This side walk also receives the splashings from the pool in the use of the pool and this splashing, together with all surface debris that accumulates on the side walk, is collected in the sump from which it can he removed and is returned'to the pool. The aforesaid dbris consists chiefly ofleaves, sticks, scum, dirt loam, and the like.

The present arrangement which utilizes the wind when it is from any direction, insures that the power for moving the dbris 'lromthe surface ofthe pool is. provided by nature and the only power required is that necessary to return the-small amountof wa-. ter to thepool, which has theretofore been splashed or blown therefrom.

It will be vperfectly'obvious that if the pool were not substantially peripherally provided with a drainage channel and that the collection channel was only provided at one end or two opposite ends or along one or two sides that, if the wind were, in an op; posite direction, the pool would not be cleaned by water flowing from the pool to a collection chamber, unless a pump 'of enormous capacity were utilized to not only supply sufficient water but also to oppose the force of the wind. i

The present invention, therefore, utilizes fully any wind that may be available. and

thereby secures automatic cleaning of the surface of the pool and a very small capacity motor and pump may be utilized solely for returning the cleaned water to the pool for replenishment.

The invention claimed is 1. In an artificial swimming pool, the combination of apool body, a vertically exposed channel peripherally enveloping the same at the upper edge of the body, a partition between the pool bodyadjacent the side wall and the channel, and having oppositely inclined walls forming a level line division between the pool side and the channel, each wall being of appreciable width, one wall of the partition forming a wall of the channel.

2. In an artlficialswimming pool, the combination of a pool body, a vertically exposed channel peripherally enveloping the same at the upper edge of the body, a partition between the pool body adjacent the side wall and the channel, and having oppositely inclined walls forming a level line division between the pool side and the channel, each wall :being of appreciable width, one wall of the partition forming a wall of the channel, and a walk around the pool and inclined toward the pool and peripherally discharging into the channel.

3. In an artificial swimming pool, the combination of a pool body, a vertically exposed channel along; each side of the pool, a partition between the pool body at each side of the pool, said partition having oppositely inclined walls of considerable width and forming a'level line division between the adjacent pool side wall and the channel whereby any WlIlCl upon the surface of the pool will cause surface debris to pass over the pool at the far side of the pool with reference to the direction of the wind.

4. In an artificial swimming pool, the combination ofa pool body, a vertically exposed channel along each side of the pool, a arti- -tion between the pool body at each slde of at the far side of-the pool with reference to the direction of the wind, and a-walk at each side of the'pool and inclined toward the pool and dischargingat-itslower edge substantially along the complete line thereof into said channel. 2

In witness whereof I have hereunto aflixed my signature. 7

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